Gastrointestinal Oncology

1. Carcinogenesis in gastrointestinal organs.- 2. Nutritional factors in gastrointestinal cancer.- 3. Precursors for upper gastrointestinal cancer: the need for screening.- 4. Hereditary colon cancer syndromes: polyposis and nonpolyposis (Lynch syndromes I & II) variants.- 5. Screening and early diagnosis of colorectal cancer.- 6. Endoscopy in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal cancer.- 7. The detection and surgical management of recurrent colon and rectal cancers.- 8. Systemic and regional chemotherapy in advanced colorectal carcinoma.- 9. Anal canal and esophageal squamous cell carcinomas: the role of combined modality treatment.- 10. Adjuvant therapy of gastrointestinal cancer.- 11. Primary hepatobiliary carcinoma.- 12. Islet cell and carcinoid tumors of the gastrointestinal tract.- 13. Lymphomas of the gastrointestinal tract.